Nielsen SoundScan- 2011 Sales Statistics

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ADELE MAKES DIGITAL INROADS

U.K. Thrush Now #1 Digital Album of All Time, Crashes Top 10 Digital Songs

January 4, 2012

If you had any doubt that 2011 was a historic year for Adele, the facts will certainly convince you.
The U.K. pop diva’s XL/Columbia album 21, currently closing in on 6 million sold in the U.S. alone, is the #1 digital seller of all time, with 1.8 million, topping the #2 seller, Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons, by almost 700k.

In addition, her “Rolling in the Deep” has moved into the #7 slot on the All-Time Digital Songs chart, with almost 6 million.

21 is now #105 on the SoundScan era best-seller list, nestled between Madonna’s Immaculate Collection and Sarah McLachlan’s Surfacing.

Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album tops the All-Time Album Sales chart with 15.7 million.

The rest of the Top 10 includes Shania Twain’s Come On Over (#2, 15.5m), Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill (#3, 14.7m), Backstreet Boys’ Millennium (#4, 12.2m), The Beatles 1 (#5, 12m), Bodyguard soundtrack (#6, 11.8m), Santana’s Supernatural (#7, 11.7m), Creed’s Human Clay (#8, 11.6m), NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (#9, 11.1m) and Celine Dion’s Falling Into You (#10, 10.8m). Other 10 million-plus sellers include Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me (#11, 10.78m), Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Legend (#12, 10.6m), Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time (#13, 10.54m), Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP (#14, 10.536m), Hootie & the Blowfish’s Cracked Rear View (#15, 10.3m), Titanic soundtrack (#16, 10.1m), Backstreet Boys (#17, 10.1m) and Eminem Show (#18, 10m).

That gives Backstreet Boys and Eminem two apiece of the diamond sellers, while Dion is represented with her own album and the Titanic soundtrack.

Aside from Adele t #7, the Top 10 Digital Songs include Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” (#1, 7.7m), Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” (#2, 6.5m) and “Let’s Dance” (#3, 6.4m), Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow” (#4, 6.3m), Flo Rida f/T-Pain’s “Low” (#5, 6.152m), Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” (#6, 6.148m), Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” (#8, 5.9m), Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister” (#9, 5.74m) and Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite” (#10, 5.72m).

Following Adele and Mumford & Sons on the Digital Album all-time tally are Eminem’s Recovery (#3, 1.1m), Lady Gaga’s Fame (#4, 1m) and Born This Way (#5, 877k), Coldplay’s Viva la Vida (#6, 841k), Taylor Swift’s Fearless (#7, 681k), Kings of Leon’s Only by the Night (#8, 710k), Twilight soundtrack (#9, 682k) and Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (#10, 681k).

You may now return to your regularly scheduled web-browsing.

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Someone able to find the link to the whole report?

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Let's Dance? Smh.

[Rodze]

I think the report is only coming out Thursday (tomorrow).

[Rodze]

Report:

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120105005547/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2011-Music-Industry-Report

2011 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS
(1/3/2011-1/1/2012)
1 21/ Adele 1,801,000
2 Born This Way/ Lady Gaga 877,000
3 Sigh No More/ Mumford & Sons 761,000
4 Watch The Throne/ Jay Z & Kanye West 608,000
5 Tha Carter IV/ Lil’ Wayne 603,000
6 Mylo Xyloto/ Coldplay 573,000
7 Take Care/ Drake 467,000
8 Christmas/ Michael Buble 348,000
9 Teenage Dream/ Katy Perry 299,000
10. Torches/ Foster The People 294,000


2011 TOP TEN VINYL ALBUMS
(1/3/2011-1/1/2012)
1 Abbey Road/ Beatles 41,000
2 Helplessness Blues/ Fleet Foxes 29,700
3 Bon Iver/ Bon Iver 27,200
4 Sigh No More/ Mumford & Sons 26,800
5 King Of Limbs/ Radiohead 20,800
6 21/ Adele 16,500
7 For Emma Forever Ago/ Bon Iver 16,200
8 Whole Love/ Wilco 14,900
9 Brothers/ Black Keys 14,200
10. El Camino/ Black Keys 13,800


2011 TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS
(Based on Album sales from 1/3/2011-1/1/2012)
1 Adele 6,744,000
2 Justin Bieber 3,393,000
3 Michael Buble 2,985,000
4 Lady Gaga 2,828,000
5 Lil’ Wayne 2,651,000
6 Lady Antebellum 2,180,000
7 Glee Cast 2,104,000
8 Jason Aldean 1,884,000
9 Taylor Swift 1,847,000
10. Drake 1,591,000


2011 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS
(Based on digital track sales from 1/3/2011 – 1/1/2012)
1 Katy Perry 15,187,000
2 Adele 14,247,000
3 Rihanna 13,918,000
4 Glee Cast 13,580,000
5 Lady Gaga 12,768,000
6 Lil Wayne 12,335,000
7 LMFAO 10,507,000
8 Bruno Mars 10,443,000
9 Eminem 9,264,000
10. Chris Brown 8,770,000


Top 10 Most Played Songs (spins)
1 Rolling In The Deep/ Adele 658,000
2 Give Me Everything/ Pitbull feat Ne-yo,Afrojack 620,000
3 Party Rock Anthem/ LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & G 571,000
4 E.T./ Katy Perry 526,000
5 Firework/ Katy Perry 509,000
6 F**kin’ Perfect/ P!nk 501,000
7 Grenade/ Bruno Mars 483,000
8 Moves Like Jagger/ Maroon 5 feat Christina Aguilera 465,000
9 Just Can’t Get Enough/ Black Eyed Peas 457,000
10. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)/ Katy Perry 450,000


Top 10 Artist Airplay (spins)
1 Katy Perry 1,457,000
2 Bruno Mars 1,440,000
3 Lady Gaga 1,261,000
4 P!nk 1,182,000
5 Rihanna 1,127,000
6 Adele 1,118,000
7 Taylor Swift 1,094,000
8 Black Eyed Peas 955,000
9 Lady Antebellum 916,000
10. Britney Spears 900,000


SOUNDSCAN ERA


TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS
(Based on album sales from 1991-1/1/2012)
1 Garth Brooks 68,561,000
2 Beatles 63,299,000
3 Mariah Carey 53,612,000
4 Metallica 53,170,000
5 Celine Dion 51,492,000
6 George Strait 43,310,000
7 Eminem 41,166,000
8 Tim McGraw 40,169,000
9 Alan Jackson 38,860,000
10. Pink Floyd 37,228,000


TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS
(1991 – 1/1/2012)
1 Metallica/ Metallica 15,735,000
2 Come On Over/ Shania Twain 15,513,000
3 Jagged Little Pill/ Alanis Morissette 14,714,000
4 Millennium/ Backstreet Boys 12,168,000
5 Beatles 1/ Beatles 11,985,000
6 Soundtrack/ Bodyguard 11,829,000
7 Supernatural/ Santana 11,772,000
8 Human Clay/ Creed 11,574,000
9 No Strings Attached/ N Sync 11,122,000
10. Falling Into You/ Celine Dion 10,790,000


TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL SONGS
(7/4/2004-1/1/2012)
Title/Artist Units Sold
1 I Gotta Feeling/ Black Eyed Peas 7,688,000
2 Poker Face/ Lady Gaga 6,529,000
3 Just Dance/ Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis 6,458,000
4 Boom Boom Pow/ Black Eyed Peas 6,267,000
5 Low/ Flo Rida Feat. T-Pain 6,152,000
6 Tik Tok/ Ke$ha 6,149,000
7 Rolling In The Deep/ Adele 5,921,000
8 I’m Yours/ Jason Mraz 5,919,000
9 Hey, Soul Sister/ Train 5,741,000
10. Dynamite/ Taio Cruz 5,719,000


TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS
(7/4/2004 – 1/1/2012)
1 21/ Adele 1,801,000
2 Sigh No More/ Mumford & Sons 1,103,000
3 Recovery/ Eminem 1,081,000
4 Fame/ Lady Gaga 1,010,000
5 Born This Way/ Lady Gaga 877,000
6 Viva La Vida/ Coldplay 841,000
7 Fearless/ Taylor Swift 785,000
8 Only By The Night/ Kings Of Leon710,000
9 Soundtrack/ Twilight 682,000
10. Speak Now/ Taylor Swift 681,000


TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS
(Based on digital track sales from 7/4/2004-1/1/2012)
1 Rihanna 47,571,000
2 Black Eyed Peas 42,405,000
3 Eminem 42,290,000
4 Lady Gaga 42,078,000
5 Taylor Swift 41,821,000
6 Katy Perry 37,620,000
7 Lil’ Wayne 36,788,000
8 Beyonce 30,439,000
9 Kanye West 30,242,000
10. Britney Spears 28,665,000





Below is a listing of Adele’s top honors for 2011:

Best Selling Artist based on Album sales – 6.7 million
Best Selling Album (21) – 5.8 million
Best Selling Physical Album (21) – 4.0 million
Best Selling Digital Album (21) – 1.8 million
Best Selling Digital Album of All Time (21) – 1.8 million
Best Selling Internet Album (21) – 321,000
Best Selling Digital Song (“Rolling In The Deep”) – 5.8 million
Best Selling Digital Track (“Rolling In The Deep”) – 5.7 million
Most Played Song on the Radio (“Rolling In The Deep”) – 658,000 detections

[HolidayGuy]

Brenda Lee reigns as the queen of Christmas BDS spins, while Mimi Carey reigns the queen of BDS Christmas audience and sales. :)

When it says "in thousands" for genre digital-track sales, that would be 305.6 million for pop, 291.65m for rock, 262.1 million for R&B/Hip-Hop and 143.7m for country. Those four genres alone account for 859 million of the 1.271 billion digital tracks sold in 2011- or, roughly, 67.5% of the overall total.

Also interesting to see that in regards to digital tracks by decade, it follows a backward chronological order- naturally, more recent would rule, but these digital buyers really should seek out pre-21st-century music more. (Some may be doing so via albums, though).

[neverduplicated]

Jan 5, 2012 11:06:08 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Also interesting to see that in regards to digital tracks by decade, it follows a backward chronological order- naturally, more recent would rule, but these digital buyers really should seek out pre-21st-century music more. (Some may be doing so via albums, though).

I was thinking the exact same thing! Especially since so many older albums are discounted on Itunes and Amazon. I was especially surprised that the 90s only accounted for 7% of digital track sales. Some 90s tracks still feel so current to me!

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Year by Year of the top 10


1 Metallica/ Metallica 15,735,000 15,735,000
Thru 1999 11,715,533 11,715,533
2000 726,321 12,441,854
2001 540,034 12,981,888
2002 350,432 13,332,320
2003 470,988 13,803,308
2004 399,718 14,203,026
2005 341,974 14,545,000
2006 274,905 14,819,905
2007 257,095 15,077,000
2008 242,000 15,319,000
2009 181,000 15,500,000
2010 120,000 15,620,000
2011 115,000 15,735,000

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2 Come On Over/ Shania Twain 15,513,000 15,513,000
Thru 1999 12,110,660 12,110,660
2000 1,541,385 13,652,045
2001 494,972 14,147,017
2002 343,453 14,490,470
2003 406,441 14,896,911
2004 364,731 15,261,642
2005 93,358 15,355,000
2006 53,533 15,408,533
2007 40,467 15,449,000
2008 24,000 15,473,000
2009 14,000 15,487,000
2010 12,000 15,499,000
2011 14,000 15,513,000

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3 Jagged Little Pill/ Alanis Morissette 14,714,000 14,714,000
Thru 1999 13,542,393 13,542,393
2000 187,435 13,729,828
2001 160,226 13,890,054
2002 204,371 14,094,425
2003 106,397 14,200,822
2004 142,178 14,343,000
2005 110,000 14,453,000
2006 60,313 14,513,313
2007 43,687 14,557,000
2008 50,000 14,607,000
2009 35,000 14,642,000
2010 31,000 14,673,000
2011 41,000 14,714,000

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4 Millennium/ Backstreet Boys 12,168,000 12,168,000
Thru 1999 9,445,732 9,445,732
2000 2,259,643 11,705,375
2001 265,757 11,971,132
2002 59,672 12,030,804
2003 25,871 12,056,675
2004 12,325 12,069,000
2005 14,000 12,083,000
2006 8,491 12,091,491
2007 7,509 12,099,000
2008 5,000 12,104,000
2009 5,000 12,109,000
2010 6,000 12,115,000
2011 53,000 12,168,000

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5 Beatles 1/ Beatles 11,985,000 11,985,000

Thru 1999 0
2000 5,068,300 5,068,300
2001 2,910,000 7,978,300
2002 691,700 8,670,000
2003 560,000 9,230,000
2004 634,012 9,864,012
2005 505,988 10,370,000
2006 451,222 10,821,222
2007 275,778 11,097,000
2008 248,000 11,345,000
2009 219,000 11,564,000
2010 139,000 11,703,000
2011 282,000 11,985,000

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6 Soundtrack/ Bodyguard 11,829,000 11,829,000
Thru 1999 11,605,690 11,605,690
2000 50,233 11,655,923
2001 33,170 11,689,093
2002 25,347 11,714,440
2003 27,339 11,741,779
2004 20,220 11,761,999
2005 16,001 11,778,000
2006 11,552 11,789,552
2007 8,448 11,798,000
2008 7,000 11,805,000
2009 10,000 11,815,000
2010 8,000 11,823,000
2011 6,000 11,829,000

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7 Supernatural/ Santana 11,772,000 11,772,000

Thru 1999 4,732,589 4,732,589
2000 5,857,824 10,590,413
2001 370,699 10,961,112
2002 204,730 11,165,842
2003 167,785 11,333,627
2004 103,373 11,437,000
2005 93,000 11,530,000
2006 58,453 11,588,453
2007 54,547 11,643,000
2008 30,000 11,673,000
2009 14,000 11,687,000
2010 22,000 11,709,000
2011 63,000 11,772,000

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8 Human Clay/ Creed 11,574,000 11,574,000

1999 2,100,000 2,100,000
2000 6,600,000 8,700,000
2001 1,790,972 10,490,972
2002 587,231 11,078,203
2003 212,864 11,291,067
2004 130,933 11,422,000
2005 41,000 11,463,000
2006 20,557 11,483,557
2007 20,443 11,504,000
2008 21,000 11,525,000
2009 22,000 11,547,000
2010 16,000 11,563,000
2011 11,000 11,574,000

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9 No Strings Attached/ N Sync 11,122,000 11,122,000

Thru 1999 0
2000 9,936,104 9,936,104
2001 955,410 10,891,514
2002 131,543 11,023,057
2003 46,732 11,069,789
2004 15,211 11,085,000
2005 8,000 11,093,000
2006 6,051 11,099,051
2007 4,949 11,104,000
2008 5,000 11,109,000
2009 4,000 11,113,000
2010 4,000 11,117,000
2011 5,000 11,122,000

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10 Falling Into You/ Celine Dion 10,790,000 10,790,000

1999 10,224,282 10,224,282
2000 133,687 10,357,969
2001 80,221 10,438,190
2002 87,683 10,525,873
2003 88,132 10,614,005
2004 68,995 10,683,000
2005 45,000 10,728,000
2006 24,658 10,752,658
2007 15,342 10,768,000
2008 9,000 10,777,000
2009 4,000 10,781,000
2010 4,000 10,785,000
2011 5,000 10,790,000

[areyoureadytojump]

From Billboard's Market Watch:

330.6 million albums were sold in 2011.

CD: 223,507,000, down 5.7%
Digital: 103,112,000, up 19.5%
Vinyl: 3,868,000, up 36.3%
Cassette: 82,000, up 134.3%

[areyoureadytojump]

*ahem*

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Jan 6, 2012 0:13:20 GMT -5 @2m said:

4 Millennium/ Backstreet Boys 12,168,000 12,168,000
Thru 1999 9,445,732 9,445,732
2000 2,259,643 11,705,375
2001 265,757 11,971,132
2002 59,672 12,030,804
2003 25,871 12,056,675
2004 12,325 12,069,000
2005 14,000 12,083,000
2006 8,491 12,091,491
2007 7,509 12,099,000
2008 5,000 12,104,000
2009 5,000 12,109,000
2010 6,000 12,115,000
2011 53,000 12,168,000

Backstreet Boys had their best sales year for this album since 2002 - anyone know why? Walmart discounts perhaps?

[badrobot]

^I'd imagine it's due to their increased profile with NKOTBSB.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Boy, releasing Shania's GH took a huge CHOMP out of COO.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1992- 2011:

2011:

01 5,824,000 Adele, 21
02 2,452,000 Michael Buble, Christmas
03 2,101,000 Lady GaGa, Born This Way
04 1,917,000 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV
05 1,576,000 Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
06 1,420,000 Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
07 1,247,000 Drake, Take Care
08 1,245,000 Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe
09 1,232,000 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Watch the Throne
10 1,204,000 Lady Antebellum, Own the Night

2010:

1. Eminem – Recovery 3,415,000
2. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now 3,089,000
3. Taylor Swift – Speak Now 2,960,000
4. Justin Bieber – My World 2.0 2,319,000
5. Susan Boyle – The Gift 1,852,000
6. Lady Gaga – Fame 1,591,000
7. Sade – Soldier of Love 1,300,000
8. Drake – Thank Me Later 1,269,000
9. Usher – Raymond V Raymond 1,143,000
10. Ke$ha - Animal 1,143,000

2009:

1 Fearless Taylor Swift 3,217,000
2 I Dreamed A Dream Susan Boyle 3,103,828
3 Number Ones Michael Jackson 2,355,000
4 Fame Lady Gaga 2,238,000
5 My Christmas Andrea Bocelli 2,207,000
6 Hannah Movie Soundtrack Hanna Montana 1,823,000
7 The E.N.D. Black Eyed Peas 1,786,852
8 Relapse Enimen 1,735,358
9 Blueprint 3 Jay-Z 1,514,800
10 Only By the Night Kings of Leon 1,398,000

2008:

1 Tha Carter III/ Lil Wayne 2,874,000
2 Viva La Vida/ Coldplay 2,144,000
3 Fearless/Taylor Swift 2,112,000
4 Rock N Roll Jesus/ Kid Rock 2,018,000
5 Black Ice/ AC/DC 1,915,000
6 Taylor Swift/Taylor Swift 1,597,000
7 Death Magnetic/ Metallica 1,565,000
8 Paper Trail/ T.I. 1,522,000
9 Sleep Through the Static/ Jack Johnson 1,492,000
10 I Am…Sasha Fierce/ Beyonce 1,459,000


2007:

1 NOEL JOSH GROBAN 3,698,934
2 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 2,956,799
3 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN EAGLES 2,608,338
4 AS I AM ALICIA KEYS 2,543,224
5 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 2,497,457
6 HANNAH MONTANA 2(SOUNDTRACK):MEET MILEY CYRUS MILEY CYRUS 2,487,346
7 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT LINKIN PARK 2,098,941
8 THE DUTCHESS FERGIE 2,063,572
9 TAYLOR SWIFT TAYLOR SWIFT 1,950,641
10 GRADUATION KANYE WEST 1,891,918

2006:

1. High School Musical: 3.72 million
2. Rascal Flatts Me and My Gang: 3.48 million
3. Carrie Underwood Some Hearts: 3.02 million
4. Nickelback All the Right Reasons: 2.69 million
5. Justin Timberlake Futuresex/Lovesounds: 2.38 million
6. James Blunt Back to Bedlam: 2.14 million
7. Beyonce B'day: 2.01 million
8. Hannah Montana: 1.99 million
9. Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way: 1.86 million
10. Hinder Extreme Behavior: 1.82 million

2005:

1. CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 4,968,606
2. 50 CENT MASSACRE 4,852,744
3. CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 3,496,192
4. GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 3,360,394
5. BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 3,037,251
6. COLDPLAY X&Y 2,615,280
7. RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 2,511,209
8. STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 2,505,390
9. WEST*KANYE LATE REGISTRATION 2,413,580
10. GAME DOCUMENTARY 2,275,646

2004:

1. "Confessions," Usher: 7,978,594
2. "Feels Like Home," Norah Jones: 3,842,920
3. "Encore," Eminem: 3,517,097
4. "When The Sun Goes Down," Kenny Chesney: 3,072,224
5. "Here for the Party," Gretchen Wilson: 2,931,097
6. "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw: 2,786,840
7. "Songs About Jane," Maroon 5: 2,708,415
8. "Fallen," Evanesence: 2,614,226
9. "Autobiography," Ashlee Simpson: 2,576,945
10. "Now 16: Now That's What I Call Music!": 2,560,316

2003:

1. 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 6,535,809
2. Jones Norah Come Away With Me 5,137,468
3. Linkin Park Meteora 3,478,361
4. Evanescence Fallen 3,364,738
5. Outkast Speakerboxx-Love 3,089,849
6. Beyonce Dangerously In Love 2,527,485
7. Kelly R. Chocolate Factory 2,439,536
8. Duff Hilary Metamorphosis 2,405,544
9. Keith Toby Shock N Y'all 2,324,437
10. Coldplay Rush Of Blood To The Head 2,183,997

2002:

1. 7.607.925 Eminem - Eminem Show
2. 4.916.073 Nelly - Nellyville
3. 4.121.396 Avril Lavigne - Let Go
4. 3.690.413 Dixie Chicks - Home
5. 3.498.497 Soundtrack - 8 Mile
6. 3.144.947 Pink - M!ssundaztood
7. 3.099.216 Ashanti - Ashanti
8. 3.054.736 Alan Jackson - Drive
9. 2.909.499 Shania Twain - Up
10. 2.736.049 Soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2001:

1. Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 4,812,852
2. Hotshot Shaggy 4,507,568
3. Celebrity N Sync 4,421,231
4. Day Without Rain Enya 4,410,053
5. Break the Cycle Staind 4,242,507
6. Songs In A Minor Alicia Keys 4,102,482
7. Survivor Destiny's Child 3,718,446
8. Weathered Creed 3,581,344
9. Soundtrack O Brother Where Art Thou? 3,460,852
10. Vol.6-Now That's What I Call Va-Now 3,133,462

2000:

1. N Sync- No Strings Attached- 9.936.104
2. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP- 7.921.107
3. Britney Spears- Oops!...I Did it Again- 7.893.544
4. Creed- Human Clay- 6.587.834
5. Santana- Supernatural- 5.857.824
6. The Beatles- 1- 5.068.300
7. Nelly- Country Grammar- 5.067.529
8. Backstreet Boys- Black and Blue- 4.289.865
9. Dr Dre- 2001- 3.992.311
10. Destiny's Child- The Writing's on the Wall- 3.802.165

1999

1 MILLENNIUM Backstreet Boys 9,445,732
2 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears 8,358,619
3 RICKY MARTIN Ricky Martin 5,981,155
4 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 5,618,134
5 SIGNIFICANT OTHER Limp Bizkit 4,952,890
6 SUPERNATURAL Santana 4,732,589
7 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE Kid Rock 4,259,736
8 FANMAIL TLC 4.186,685
9 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Christina Aguilera 3,662,905
10 WIDE OPEN SPACES Dixie Chicks 3,463,642

1998

1 TITANIC Soundtrack 9,338,061
2 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE Celine Dion 5,859,421
3 BACKSTREET BOYS Backstreet Boys 5,709,369
4 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 4,872,841
5 'N SYNC 'N Sync 4,385,148
6 CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack 4,120,508
7 DOUBLE LIVE Garth Brooks 3,892,288
8 BIG WILLIE STYLE Will Smith 3,687,568
9 SAVAGE GARDEN Savage Garden 3,247,406
10 ARMAGEDDON Soundtrack 3,222,603

1997

1. Spice Spice Girls: 5,300,000
2. Pieces of You Jewel: 4,300,000
3. No Way Out Puff Daddy & The Family: 3,400,000
4. Sevens Garth Brooks: 3,300,000
5. Middle of Nowhere Hanson: 3,200,000
6. Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G.: 3,100,000
7. Bringing Down The House The Wallflowers: 3,100,000
8. Falling Into You Celine Dion: 3,000,000
9. Space Jam Soundtrack: 2,900,000
10.You Light Up My Life LeAnn Rimes: 2,900,000

1996

1. Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette: 7,400,000
2. Falling Into You Celine Dion: 6,000,000
3. The Score The Fugees: 4,500,000
4. Tragic Kingdom No Doubt: 4,400,000
5. Daydream Mariah Carey: 3,000,000
6. All Eyez On Me 2Pac: 3,000,000
7. Load Metallica: 3,000,000
8. Secrets Toni Braxton: 2,900,000
9. The Woman In Me Shania Twain: 2,800,000
10. What's The Story Morning Glory? Oasis: 2,600,000

1995

1 CRACKED REAR VIEW Hootie & The Blowfish 7.0m
2 CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC 4.8m
3 JAGGED LITTLE PILL Alanis Morissette 4.2m
4 DAYDREAM Mariah Carey 3.9m
5 THE HITS Garth Brooks 3.8m
6 THROWING COPPER Live 3.5m
7 II Boyz II Men 3.4m
8 ANTHOLOGY 1 The Beatles 2.9m
9 HELL FREEZES OVER Eagles 2.8m
10 THE WOMAN IN ME Shania Twain 2.8m

1994

1 THE LION KING Soundtrack 4.9m
2 THE SIGN Ace Of Base 4.9m
3 II Boyz II Men 4.3m
4 AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER Counting Crows 3.8m
5 DOOKIE Green Day 3.4m
6 NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON Tim McGraw 3.2m
7 PURPLE Stone Temple Pilots 3.1m
8 MIRACLES:THE HOLIDAY ALBUM Kenny G 3.0m
9 SMASH Offspring 2.9m
10 MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey 2.7m

1993

1 THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack 5.5m
2 JANET Janet Jackson 4.3m
3 VS Pearl Jam 3.8m
4 BREATHLESS Kenny G 3.8m
5 MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey 3.3m
6 THE CHRONIC Dr Dre 2.9m
7 UNPLUGGED Eric Clapton 2.9m
8 IN PIECES Garth Brooks 2.8m
9 CORE Stone Temple Pilots 2.7m
10 BAT OUT OF HELL II-BACK INTO HELL Meat Loaf 2.6m

1992

1 SOME GAVE ALL Billy Ray Cyrus 4.7m
2 ROPIN' THE WIND Garth Brooks 4.0m
3 TEN Pearl Jam 3.4m
4 THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack 3.3m
5 TOTALLY KROSSED OUT Kris Kross 3.2m
6 NO FENCES Garth Brooks 3.1m
7 THE CHASE Garth Brooks 3.1m
8 NEVERMIND Nirvana 2.7m
9 ADRENALIZED Def Leppard 2.7m
10 METALLICA Metallica 2.6m

[HolidayGuy]

Millennium was one of the albums priced at $5 at Walmart and maybe another outlet (we saw it on the catalog chart), so that may have contributed to the increased sales (in addition to raised profile, courtesy of the NKOTBSB album/tour).

[David]

Jan 6, 2012 10:44:35 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

From Billboard's Market Watch:

330.6 million albums were sold in 2011.

CD: 223,507,000, down 5.7%
Digital: 103,112,000, up 19.5%
Vinyl: 3,868,000, up 36.3%
Cassette: 82,000, up 134.3%

LOL! Who is buying cassettes?

[Deleted]

people with older cars?

[areyoureadytojump]

Or Christian and Country music that still is issued on cassettes...

[MountainMan]

Around 10 of those digital albums was from me.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

01 1,919,000 Lil Wayne, that Carter IV
02 1,245,000 Drake, Take Care
03 1,232,000 Jay Z & Kanye West, Watch the Throne
04 1,058,000 Beyonce, 4
05 876,000 Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday
06 833,000 Rihanna, Loud
07 811,000 Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.
08 741,000 Eminem, Recovery
09 666,000 Bad Meets Evil, Hell: The Sequel
10 650,000 Wiz Kahlifa

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Country Albums

01 1,576,000 Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
02 1,204,000 Lady Antebellum, Own the Night
03 967,000 Taylor Swift, Fearless
04 856,000 Scotty McCreery, Clear As Day
05 764,000 Zach Brown Band, You Get What You Give
06 731,000 The Band Perry, The Band Perry
07 700,000 Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
08 651,000 Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines
09 613,000 Brad Paisley, This is Country Music
10 544,000 Eric Church, Chief